Womens Heart Disease and Womens Heart Problems

What Can Be Done? What Is Different Compared To Men?

There is the common belief that women do not feel pain the same way as men, and therefore the symptoms are not as easily recognizable as with men. The point here is not the emphasis on the level of pain – which as a matter of fact, is not always high even in the case of men – but on whether this is reported when experienced.

Men tend to raise the alarm much faster than women, and therefore avail treatment faster.

Genetic Difference

Why do women not report chest pain or discomfort as soon or as promptly as men do? There are many theories on this aspect, and the findings are not yet conclusive. Some say it is because women have a higher threshold for pain, and therefore tend to ignore the discomfort or mild chest pain as of no dire consequence.

Others say that women do not usually experience chest pains, but a type of unpleasant pressure in the middle of the back between the shoulder blades, the inside of their arms, which then radiates towards the jaw. Since a heart attack is associated with pain, women tend to ignore these warning signals – often with fatal results.

There Is More 

Women do indeed seem to have a higher threshold of pain. Therefore, the sudden chest pain they would feel could be or would be attributed to indigestion rather than heart problems. Women are also more shy about raising a false alarm and be branded as alarmists. They prefer to adopt the "watch and see" policy rather than jump into action at the slightest sign of danger.

Women also tend to ignore their health more than men, who after the mid forties would watch out for the symptoms of a heart attack. This could be associated with the fact that women sometimes deny to themselves that they are aging, and therefore tend to unconsciously ignore such symptoms that are usually associated with the aging process.

Women Are More Active 

When comparing the physical activity levels of men and women past 45 years of age, you would find that women are far more active even if they do not exercise in the real sense of the word. They more often than not look after the household chores, the children, their family and so on, which requires a certain amount of physical exertion.

This is one more reason why women are unable to separate the discomfort they feel following a heart attack from the general tiredness and discomfort they feel after a regular day in their lives. Men, on the other hand rarely put in any physical effort at home, and that makes it easier for them to feel the 'pain' or 'discomfort' in the chest or back region.

There are many other theories about why and how women differ from men during and post a heart attack. The fact remains that women are less likely to report a heart attack and therefore receive immediate medical attention. This is one of the major factors why there are more fatalities with women than men post heart attack.

Dr Robert J Willix talks in great detail about womens heart disease and womens heart problems and has produced an excellent resource that is highly recommended to show you what can be done. You can visit Dr Willix's site by clicking here How to Prevent & Even Reverse Heart Disease,

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